TODAY IS JOE’S MEMORIAL SERVICE. 
Carol & I hope to see you all there.
The Memorial Service for Joe will be;
Thursday, February 28th at 8:00pm at the Planetarium.
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium
3450 Ortiz Ave, Fort Myers, FL
..:Map::..
or: alternate link for map: tinyurl.com/2lee8g
A special Thank You goes out to Carole Holmberg and Sanders Lewallen of the Calusa Nature Center for offering the facility to us for this service. I cannot thank them enough for that generous gesture.
AFTER the memorial service, we will continue to grow this site. We have plans for posting photos, a scrapbook, archives of his astronomy web pages, a powerpoint show, links for having photo prints made and more. So be sure to come back again in the future – don’t forget about the site, never forget about Joe.
Please don’t forget to sign Joe’s guestbook.
It’s on the right-hand sidebar. —>
Reminder: Joe’s Memorial Service is this Thursday. ..::More Info::..
The obituary we did for Joe will run in the Fort Myers News Press on Sunday and Monday (Feb. 24th & 25th, 2008).
Here is a photo of it in Sunday’s paper:
It’s published on the News-Press website as well, complete with a guestbook. So, as friends of Joe, we’ll have to keep an eye out to see who signs that guest book in addition to the guestbook on this site (which is on the right-hand sidebar).
Screenshot:
Link: www.legacy.com/News-Press/Obituaries.asp?Page=…
~Lauren
The obituary that I wanted to place for Joe was more than I could afford to pay. So a short one will run in the paper. But here is what I would have liked to have said [I'm putting it here for the sake of posterity]-
- Joseph Jules Lavigne, long-time southwest Florida resident, died in Montana on December 13th, 2007.
Born September 9th, 1963, Joe Lavigne was an avid astronomer and telescope maker. He lived in southwest Florida for many years, during which time he worked at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium in Fort Myers. Joe moved to Broadwater County Montana and died a resident of Townsend, Montana on December 13th, 2007. He leaves behind his wife, Kim Lavigne, and his step-sons Victor and Chris.
A Memorial Service will be held for Joe on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at the Calusa Nature Center in the Planetarium at 8:00pm. All of Joe’s friends and colleagues are invited to attend. Please visit his memorial website, www.JoeLavigne.net
This is the photo that I used for the obituary:
(full res version here)
Also, for information on the memorial service, CLICK HERE.
~Lauren
I’ve been scanning in photos of Joe from my stash of film prints. It’s a slow process because I can only do a few at a time (because of emotions). We’ll use some during the memorial service, and I will post a bunch here as well.
~Lauren
Carol & I have set a date for the Memorial Service.
The Memorial Service for Joe will be;
Thursday, February 28th at 8:00pm at the Planetarium.
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium
3450 Ortiz Ave, Fort Myers, FL
..:Map::..
or: alternate link for map: tinyurl.com/2lee8g
Please spread the word. I hope you will attend.
A special Thank You goes out to Carole Holmberg and Sanders Lewallen of the Calusa Nature Center for offering the facility to us. I cannot thank them enough for that generous gesture.
Hi everybody. TGIF. I am working with Carol and together we are trying to gather photos and also come up with a plan for a memorial service for Joe. We are hoping to have a service one evening in February, at the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium. Carol and I are meeeting for dinner Friday night and will organize some of the details then. Please stay tuned for more info. Don’t forget to sign the guestbook (see the right-hand sidebar).
~Lauren
UPDATE: Please, anyone who has photos of joe, or sketches Joe did, etc., please consider sending me copies for the website, scrapbook, memorial service, etc. Thanks. ~Lauren
